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A Shrike “Graveyard” 
By C. TURNER NEARING 
THIS SPRING My WIFE and I have been observing a sight new to us: the 
outdoor food supply of a Loggerhead Shrike. We first heard reports of 
small animals impaled on thorns along the T road west of our farm near 
Cerro Gordo, Ill. A neighbor from Decatur called on us before Decoration 
Day, saying that he had counted 24 mice, six snakes, a frog, and a small 
grasshopper on black locust thorns within the space of a tenth of a mile. 
He stated that young shrikes were feeding on the dead animals (we had 
read previously that shrikes do not feed on victims after impaling them). 
Another friend, a dentist, corroborated the story, saying that he had 
seen an adult shrike fly in with a mouse and later with a small songbird, 
impaling the prey with his FEET, rather than his bill. We drove out at 
once and found six mice and a small garter snake impaled on the thorns of 
a locust tree growing above a high multiflora rose hedge. Not fifty feet 
away we found the nest and four immatures. The female shrike was brood- 
ing a second clutch of eggs. We have taken a number of pictures of the 
nest and the impaled animals; in a few weeks I hope to get pictures of the 
young being fed. 
1400 West Macon St., Decatur, Ill. 
Al fl a 
New Members Since Feb. 10, 1961 
THE NEW MEMBERS listed below have joined the Illinois Audubon Society 
between February 10 and July 10, 1961. The * denotes a contributing mem- 
ber. All are from Illinois. We are glad to have you with us, and hope that 
you can attend our Annual Meetings, Camp-Outs, or Screen Tour Lectures. 
*Melvin Abrahamson, Naperville 
Mrs. George Blaha, Western Springs 
R. W. Branch. Lake Zurich 
Albert H. Blyth, Hinsdale 
Florence T. Brown, Mount Prospect 
Evelyn Cromwell, Chicago 
Mrs. Sherwood Dixon, Dixon 
*Mrs. Marjorie H. Elting, Libertyville 
*Mrs. Arthur Fay, Cicero 
Mrs. John J. Fox, Dixon 
*Joseph M. Goodman, Chicago 
Mary Guinn, Chicago 
Steve Guinn, Chicago 
Vernon D. Hagelin, Moline 
Mrs. Clarence B. Heath, Crystal Lake 
*Miss Imogene Hodges, Chicago 
Dr. Donald Ingram, O'Fallon 
Ermine F. Kesler, Eureka 
*Kishwaukee Audubon Society, De Kalb 
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Hazel Knox, Winnetka 
*Robert Kostka, Brookfield 
Miss Evelyn Macholz, Chicago 
*Mrs. P. S. Moyer, Lake Forest 
John C. Neph, Park Ridge 
Mrs. John C. Neph, Park Ridge 
Mrs. Rose Fisher Oplatka, Berwyn 
Victor Oswald, Chicago 
Warren J. Peters, Chicago 
N. Roesch, Chicago 
Bertha Rupp, Chicago 
Rose Rupp, Chicago 
Elmona F, Salvador, Chicago 
Rupert D. Salvador, Chicago 
*Betty H. Taylor, Elmhurst 
*C. Bruce Taylor, Elmhurst 
Charles A. Westcott, River Forest 
Mrs. Melvena Wilson, Chicago 
Mrs. Austin M. Zimmerman, Algonquin 
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